End of Month Recap: My Transformation Continues
As we come upon the end of May, I always enjoy taking a little time to recap the months activities and check in with myself to see how my plans have been going. Over the course of the month of May, we have had some ups and downs, but mainly ups, as it pertains to my physical and mental health. The streaming side of my activities has been the downside, along with a temporary 2 week break from gaming, but I have returned to gaming and streaming once again so that part of my life should self-correct in about a month of consistent gaming. Overall, I am pretty happy with some of the activities that have transpired over the last month, and I will share them with you in this blog post. My previous monthly recap can be seen here.
The beginning of the month started off very strong coming off the bad news for my health of gaining weight and weighing in at 350 pounds. Flash forward to the end of the month, I weighed in at approximately 340 pounds, for a net loss of about 10 pounds. I am happy with this, but I have also noticed some poor habits creeping back in, specifically as it relates to eating. Moving forward to the start of June, I plan on redoubling my efforts to eliminate the eating of sweets and instead, making sure I have enough fruits and healthier alternatives to subsidize my sweet tooth. Even though it was only 10 pounds of weight loss, I do believe the results are hiding a bit of the fact that I have actually gained a lot of muscle during this month as I have been walking every single day and going to the gym nearly every single day as well, even for a short while. Since muscle weighs more than fat, and I still lost 10 pounds, I am extremely happy with this outcome.
During the middle of the month, I tried desperately to quit gaming to see if my life would drastically improve. To combat the withdrawals from not gaming, I started reading and writing more heavily, and I wanted to write a book during this time. While I lasted about 2 weeks without gaming, I ultimately relapsed and have been gaming again for the last week approximately. This time around, I have decided to remove guilt from the equation so long as I continue doing my daily walks and my daily gym time. There is no need to feel guilty anymore when I game, because ultimately, this is the activity that I find the most enjoyment in when having spare time. By removing the guilt, I can also remove the guilt of streaming as well and I am hoping that this turns my streaming into something more productive and profitable over time.
In regard to finding a job, unfortunately I have still not heard back from the gas station attendant position, but I ultimately texter her and said I found another job because of my frustration with the process and how long it is taking them. If it is going to take this long to simply process an application, I really don't want to be part of a company that does not have its act together. Instead, I plan on redoubling my efforts into my own stream, but also, using this free time to help my brother with his career by being a success coach of sorts, helping him generate leads for his camera operator /' director of cinematography business. He is a highly talented individual, but his industry has been hit with a lot of bad news, so work for him has been hard to come by. I will put my efforts into helping him find work and I hope that it will also be a bit of a business idea for myself as well. If I can help my brother get work in an industry that I have no experience in, I could likely apply whatever help I give him to others and charge a fee for it as well.
The most promising health and fitness priority since my migraine medication of Qulipta should also be achieved this upcoming month in June. I recently took blood tests that are checking my overall testosterone levels among other vitals to see if indeed my testosterone is simply not being produced as it should, and if so, then I will be prescribed Testosterone Replacement Therapy. As the link shows, the benefits of this type of therapy for men is a game changer and could change my life drastically for the better. Once this therapy is introduced and is started, I hope to go full steam ahead on my morning routine by walking more, working out more, and ultimately becoming the best version of myself I can be. With the increased energy I can really start to feel better about myself and so many other things in my life, including gaming and streaming.
I am very optimistic about the future. In addition, there are a couple of other appointments coming up in June that will have some potentially large benefits. I will be hopefully fixing my deviated septum, allowing myself to breathe through my nose more easily. I will also be taking a sleep study that will help determine if I have sleep apnea and take care of that problem as well. All of these efforts are slowly healing and repairing my mind, body, and soul to live my best life, and although there has been so many doctors' appointments, sticking through it and going to them has been extremely beneficial and I have started enjoying the process. I am extremely appreciative and grateful for my insurance that allows me the opportunity to do these things for myself and wish that everyone had a great insurance policy so they could take care of their own health. I highly recommend trying to go on state insurance if you are not employed or are making a low income. It is the best insurance out there.
Looking ahead, I continue to feel great about things and will keep my positive energy flowing into whatever I do. There is some upcoming games and server releases that I am excited to play for my gaming and streaming side, namely the new server of Everquest 2 called Wuoshi. As with every fresh start server, all players begin on an equal playing field, and I look forward to being there from the start. As I continue my playthrough of Mists of Pandaria Classic, I know it will come to an end on June 9th when this new server comes into existence but will always be there in case, I want to come back to it eventually. The monk I am playing in WoW has been great, so I definitely would pick up where I left off should the Everquest 2 server run its course. And of course, I look forward to streaming all of it to my wonderful Twitch community.
Wishing everyone a wonderful end of the month / start of June and may all your endeavors be happy, prosperous, and healthy. Time to head out to the daily walk / gym before starting my stream later today. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Until next time,
Blackboa